November 2009
In hind-sight, our network rebuild felt like a new build. We crashed and burned right out of the gate when school started and a few times more as a result of our progress working to tweak our network to fit our needs.
During our "site visits" with building administrators and network consultant, the week of November 2nd, 2009, our work in network healthiness and durability continues to be an uphill battle. It will plane off again if history repeats itself but what was clear in the past is still clear today....the network is the core and should always be our #1 priority.
Summer 2009
Our technology departments summer workload needs documented. Here's the space I'm using.
IP Addresses in the entire district will change. I'm not going to list this as a task for each building...it is a given!
GHS
New Windows XP machines (DECA lab)
ordered
unpacked
setup
configured
Existing Windows XP machines (Comp. Apps lab)
move 16 machines from DECA lab back in to Comp. Apps lab
computers 1-2-3 (DECA lab) DO NOT reformat - these have ASSET test installed so we'll leave these alone except for new IP addresses
reformat? or just clean up? ALL 21 remaining machines in this lab
MOVE iMacs (Graphics Arts) to Industrial Tech Building
Grant
New MacBooks for Science Lab Cart
ordered
imaged
configured
setup in cart
Move Science Lab 12" iBooks (not cart) to North
Change network location to automatic
Remove and store batteries for the summer
Clean
Label/Rename/Setup Cart
Label/Remane Laptops
June
Re-Image North laptop carts (80-100)
Salvage/Re-Build 12" iBooks for replacement machines
iWork/NeoOffice installed on Grant student machines (88)
In hind-sight, our network rebuild felt like a new build. We crashed and burned right out of the gate when school started and a few times more as a result of our progress working to tweak our network to fit our needs.
During our "site visits" with building administrators and network consultant, the week of November 2nd, 2009, our work in network healthiness and durability continues to be an uphill battle. It will plane off again if history repeats itself but what was clear in the past is still clear today....the network is the core and should always be our #1 priority.
Summer 2009
Our technology departments summer workload needs documented. Here's the space I'm using.IP Addresses in the entire district will change. I'm not going to list this as a task for each building...it is a given!
GHS
New Windows XP machines (DECA lab)
Existing Windows XP machines (Comp. Apps lab)
Grant
New MacBooks for Science Lab Cart
Move Science Lab 12" iBooks (not cart) to North